Publications

Articles:

Johansson, K., Petersen, S., Högberg, B. et al. (2019) The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries: analyses of repeated cross-sectional school surveys. BMC Public Health 19, 1555. 

Baranowska-Rataj, A., Strandh, M. (2021) When things go wrong with you, it hurts me too. The effects of partner’s employment status on health in comparative perspective. Journal of European Social Policy 31(2), 143-160.  

Baranowska-Rataj, A., Strandh, M. (2021) Contagion of Health Effects of Unemployment within Couples: Does Becoming Unemployed among Young People Affect Health of Their Partners?. In: Unt M., Gebel M., Bertolini S., Deliyanni-Kouimtzi V., Hofäcker D. (eds.): Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press (58-80).

Scheuring, S., Vossemer, J., Baranowska-Rataj, A., Tattarini, G. (2021) Does Fixed-Term Employment Have Spillover Effects on the Well-Being of Partners? A Panel Data Analysis for East and West Germany  Journal of Happiness Studies 22(7).

Baranowska-Rataj, A.  (2021) The impact of the parental division of paid labor on depressive symptoms – the moderating role of social policies. Acta Sociologica 65 (3).

Högberg B., Vossemer J., Baranowska-Rataj, A. (2022) Intergenerational effects of parental unemployment on infant health: evidence from Swedish register data. European Sociological Review  https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad005 .

Baranowska-Rataj, A., Högberg B., Bernardi L. (2023) Parental unemployment and children’s well-being - the moderating role of educational policies. European Sociological Review  https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad038 

Baranowska-Rataj, A., Högberg B., Vossemer J. Do parental job losses lead to worse children’s birth outcomes when there is more unemployment around? Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 10 (1) 57-80 https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.1.03 

Vossemer, J., Baranowska-Rataj, A., Heyne S, Loter K. Partner’s unemployment and well-being: the mediating role of relationship functioning. Advances in Life Course Research (advanced access:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2024.100606 )

Högberg B., Baranowska-Rataj, A. (2024) Parental job loss and psychotropic drug use in children: long-term effects, timing, and cumulative exposure Advances in Life Course Research (forthcoming). 

Chapters in doctoral dissertations:

Vega, A., Baranowska-Rataj, A. (2021) The effects of involuntary job losses on depressive symptoms within couples. in: Vega, A. (2024). Essays on health, labor market behavior, and economic incentives (Doctoral dissertation, Umeå University, online access: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-218626 ).

Working papers:

Kühn, M., Baranowska-Rataj, A., Metsä-Simola, N., Junna, L., Martikainen, P. (2022) The effects of unemployment among single mothers on adolescent children’s mental health. MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-026. 

Guma Lao J., Baranowska-Rataj A. (2023) Don’t worry, (s)he’s an adult! Adult children’s unemployment and parental depressive symptoms. CEDAR Working Papers 2023:28.   

In progress:

Baranowska-Rataj A., Guma Lao J., Sandow E. The effects of adult children’s unemployment on parental mental health – the moderating role of the geographic distance.

Baranowska-Rataj A., Kalucza S. Children’s labour market trajectories and parental mental health.

Vossemer J., Baranowska-Rataj, A. Growing educational inequalities in subjective well-being across the life course? The role of differential risks for and consequences of personal and partner’s unemployment.

Marx L., Vandecasteele L., Baranowska-Rataj A. How Does Couple Type Moderate The Effect of Unemployment on Mental Health?

Schröders J., Sandow E., Baranowska-Rataj A., Intergenerational Social Pathways to Health: A Moderated Mediation Analysis on the Role of Social Networks in the Association between Filial Unemployment and Parental Health